diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/file_utils.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/file_utils.cpp
index 599d688a65a70e..decb88d6e1b8c3 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/file_utils.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/file_utils.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+# ifndef NOMINMAX
+#  define NOMINMAX
+# endif
 # include <Windows.h>
 #else
 # include <dlfcn.h>